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What is the impulse of a dodgeball hitting a person in the face if it's initial velocity was 10m/s and it's velocity after hitting him in the face it is 5m/s? The ball weighs 3kg.

What is the impulse of a dodgeball hitting a person in the face if it's initial velocity-example-1

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User Tomas Kalibera
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The impulse of the dodgeball hitting a person in the face with an initial velocity of 10 m/s and final velocity of 5 m/s is -15 kg m/s.

The impulse of the dodgeball hitting a person in the face can be calculated using the equation: J = ΔP = m(v_f - v_i)

Given that the initial velocity (v_i) of the dodgeball is 10 m/s and the final velocity (v_f) after hitting the person is 5 m/s, we can substitute these values into the equation.

J = 3 kg(5 m/s - 10 m/s) = 3 kg(-5 m/s) = -15 kg m/s

Therefore, the impulse of the dodgeball hitting the person in the face is -15 kg m/s.

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